heredium
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From heres (“heir”) + -ium (suffix forming neuter nouns). Its use as a unit of area derives from an early land reform which bequeathed 2 jugers of land to each Roman citizen as heritable property.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heːˈreː.di.um/, [heːˈreːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈre.di.um/, [eˈrɛːd̪ium]
Noun
[edit]hērēdium n (genitive hērēdiī or hērēdī); second declension
- a hereditary estate
- (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area (approximately 1¼ acres or ½ hectare).
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
genitive | hērēdiī hērēdī1 |
hērēdiōrum |
dative | hērēdiō | hērēdiīs |
accusative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
ablative | hērēdiō | hērēdiīs |
vocative | hērēdium | hērēdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).